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Whatever happened to the days when you could be completely confident that the food products you ate would be considered a nutrition smart diet?
Well, it looks like those days are gone because the food industry has become very deceptive about their food ingredients. How is possible that you can no longer depend on the nutritional value of foods any longer unless you become more educated about the ingredients in food? It's to your advantage to be familiar with the safety of all the substances that go into a food product? Here's some of the ways you could be deceived:
For instance one of the common tricks is to distribute sugars among many ingredients so that sugars don't appear in the top three on the list of ingredients in the food you are buying. For instance a manufacturer may use a combination of sucrose, high-fructose corn syrup, brown sugar and various items so that they don't attain a high position on the ingredients list.
Researching information about ingredients in the foods that you are eating is one the first ways to take charge of your health. You see ingredients are listed of their position in the food labels list with the most common listed first. Now another way they are deceptive is by padding the list with miniscule amounts of great sounding ingredients. For instance they may claim to use herbs in their products that practically have no detection of herbs in them.
They even use miniscule amounts of berries, super foods and also have spirulina appear at the end of the ingredients list, which is practically meaningless. There isn't enough spirulina in the food to have a real effect on your health. This trick is called "label padding " and it's commonly used by fast food manufacturers who want their products to appear healthy. I guarantee you that fast food ingredients are never healthy
Hiding dangerous ingredients behind innocent sounding names is another trick the food industry uses to deceive us. For example, sodium nitrate is a highly carcinogenic ingredient that may sound like its perfectly innocent, however its been documented to cause brain tumors, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer and any other cancers. This brings up many medical concerns you should be aware of. The innocent food coloring product "carmine" also sounds like it's perfectly safe, too.
But it's made from the smashed bodies of red cochineal beetles. Also, yeast extract sounds like a perfectly safe ingredient but here again is another trick to hide monosodium glutamate which is MSG, a chemical taste enhancer, without having to list the word MSG on the ingredient list. If you want to know how to live healthy and how to stay healthy, you better get more educated about the food you eat.
MSG has been in the news frequently these days. It actually triples the amount of insulin in the pancreas. The reason it's added to food products because it has an addictive effect on the human body, it makes people eat more of the product. It has been found in products like Campbell Soup, Hostess Doritos, Lays flavored potato chips, Betty Crocker Hamburger helper, Swanson Frozen prepared meals and some Kraft salad dressings.
The fast food industry is also guilty of using MSG, such as Burger King, McDonald's, Wendy's, Taco Bell. Even some sit down restaurants are using MSG in abundance too, like TGIF, Chili's, Applebee's and Denny's. Kentucky Fried Chicken is the worst offender. MSG has been linked to Diabetes, Migraines and headaches, Autism, ADHD and even Alzheimer's. It is a real chore these days just learning how to get healthy and fit.
Don't be fooled by the name of the product either. A product by the name of "Guacamole Dip" contains no avocado at all. Instead they are made with hydrogenated soybean oil and artificial green coloring chemicals. Even food names can include words that describe ingredients not found in the food at all. How about a this, a "cheese cracker doesn't have to contain any cheese, a "creamy" product doesn't have to contain any cream, or a fruit product doesn't even have to contain any fruit. Healthy nutrients in foods are hard to come by if you don't know what is healthy and what is unhealthy.
This situation just seems to go on and on everyday in some way, deception is a word very familiar everywhere in our food world. And all of it just for the fact of making "the almighty dollar" without the concern of others health or welfare. Will it ever stop? Not until people become more aware of what is happening and then takes steps to stop it.
Start learning more about what affects your health before you become a victim of illnesses and diseases or die. Then take responsibility to spread the word to your family, friends and others you are concerned about. It's a true fact that certain foods can actually cure illness too. You can think of this as natural medicine healing. Why would you want to resort to any prescription drug company product when good nutritious food might be able to heal you without any dangerous side effects?
To your good health,
Sonny Julius
Sonnyj@TheSunnySenior.com
www.AhealthyLifeForSure.com
http://HealthyAsCanBeTalk.blogspot.com
The entire contents of this article are based upon research conducted by the author. This information is presented for educational purposes only. Therefore the reader should be made aware that this information is not intended as medical advice, but rather a sharing of knowledge and information from the research and experience of the author. The author encourages you to make your own health care decisions based upon your research and in partnership with a qualified health care professional. You and only you are responsible if you choose to do anything based on what you read. |
